Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-03

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butt Of my fosling piece 10 give her .
finishing blow. when the enrssed beas,
rose on her hind lsg'. and struck away
my weapon. a. IL |, had been ,wis. A
large maple with a trunk As biz round
q. my body stood within four feet OF me.
and hastily moved behind IL. just In
time TO prevent her catching me IN her
arms. A. i, Was. she came very near
elu,chins me In her embrace. as she
partly eneireled the ,ree. Qaiek {.
lightning | grabbed her paws and held
her 10 the tree. | bore on them with
I'll my might. and managed to press her
claws into the bark, which greatly aided
me 10 holding her where 'he was. !
Lnew IL wA. death fof me II ! let ~.
The bear couldn't get 10 me U long . |
could hold on. bu, this vas no easy thing
TO do. After the eNeiiemen, Of the mo-
men, vi. over. began TO realir' my
critical situation. What ~. TO do ?
| eouldn', keep my hold forever. There
appeared ba, one chance for me. II
King som returned srd tried 20 tind me.
| nigh, BE- rescued. lie would think
nothing At G'., Of my absence. and OF
course would DO nothing A, the
though, Of this. the .wea, stood IN large
drop. on my forehead. The bear began
20 sro~ une, ~ and tried 20 release her
hold .nd | yelled HI ns King With
al my might The bear quis,ed |. |
h.lloed. Thi, ksp, up for some time,
when | beg.n % ge, exhausted. A.
last. When IL seemed ,hA, mus, Jet 20
my hold. | heard the welcome sounds OF
King. voice Ia answer 20 my calls. fof-
tunsisly for me. IN returning from the
traps. be had gone out of MS course In
search Of nuts. and hearing my yell.. he
came running at full speed. Soon the
bear lay q, our feet With bullet IN u.
brain. Ny .ho, had Inflicted wound
from ~hieh blood had been h)sing pretty
freely. ba, | Was unaware of !, iill siler'
ward. fell 10 the ground completely
exhausted. snd /, vi. some time before !
could ge, on my feet aud back 10 camp.
The ns1, day We started for hons.
That wuf nNref esc.ps. "a no
mistake remarked Jermish when the
hunter h.d finished. "bu, ye orier hsv
fell iu thur groun' an played Po''am.
I've hearn tell ,hs, !. q sure way iu e..
cape"
"Ye.. those Who have had the least
esperisnce. know the most aboa, Il, OF
course. Perh.p. IL might have proved
successful in the face and eye. Of bear.
With no obstruction between you. and
With nothing to indicate to the animal
that man .hoald be killed. bu, !
woulJn', dare TO uy the experiment.
replied Graham.
III suppose man 10 trying eifeum-
Stances, take. the ehsncs' ,hs, a. the
time seem mos, likely 70 succeed said
Capt. Jone'.
"Ths, !. il exactly, you cannot forma'
late q rule for such ea,e.. E,eh oeear-
renee must stand by ii.elf, bu, very
much. my frsnd., depends upon .eool
head and .,rong arm. These have
broush, mAny a man on, OF dagger AID
diii:uliy. II !, ge,,ing late nov. but
,o.mouo~ nigh, II you desire | will re.
late en- Indian legend Of the Nsrin'eo,
said the hun,er
"Oood." said the Virgini.n, "PerhsP'
/, will rival the story Of Pce.hon,s'.
ia, will no, anticipate. Had We no,
better now. try natures 'wee, re',orer.
b.lmy sleep"
They were soon 80 sound asleep ,h.,
even the deep snoring Of jeremiah
Swipe. failed 10 arouse them.
The ne,i day the members OF the
hunting party, with the exception OF
Swipe., whose l.eeraied arm prevented
him from going, and Moris ~ho did no,
care for tramp through wood and
swamp. explored the stream running
across shsppsrds Grant aud into the
Little Andro.coggin. and = number OF
otter and teaver were shot. They took
dinner q, Captain David Bueknsm's and
Asa Besrce'., whose eleArings were sit.
u.,ed In the southeast par, Of the grant.
Capt. BaeknAm's va. the frs, resident
family. having moved there ia l11s.
Mr.. BeArce informed them tha, when hi.
family with other. had moved into the
wilderness. in 1850. they had come up
the Great and Little Androseoggin Rv-
ers in ba,,eaux. and In going distance
Of four or FIVE miles on Bog Brook. TO
reach tie vicinity Of their elearing.. !,
was necessary TO break through nine
beaver dams. lie va. hunter. snj
liked nothing so well as tramp into the
hsunts OF the black bear. In one season,
hi. profits on the skins Of this species OF
animal. brough, him eight pounds. OF as
he Afterwards related IL. when values
were rsekoned in dollars aud cenis In
stead OF pounds shilliugs aud pence.
"iorty round dollars" A day ws' agreed
upon for him to meet the party a, des-
isns,ed place. and 90 on bear hunt to
the mountains. aud a Trip to the Penne-
.sews,.ee Lake. where he bad often been
hunting. and which was supposed to be
In the vicinity Of Lees Grant.
When they returned TO camp late in
the afternoon. they found jeremiah chat.
ing under tie pain in his arm. Graham
dressed i, as well as an Indian medicine
man nigh, have done. which soon gave
him gres, relief.
"Now for the Indian story" said Sam.
usl. as the party were again seated
aroand the evening camp fire.
$50 shed. hunter. my arm 10 better
already. an I'm .p'ilin' to hear H." put
in S~ipes.
Lets see. IL Was = legend OF the
Neliu.eot. wasn't it," remarked Gra-
ham. swell. then, here goes"
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